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Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is funded by the AHRC. The project aims to create cross-cultural engagement between modern and Viking…
Modern rune stone by Erik the Red Sandquist at Jelling
Photos of a brightly painted modern rune stone outside the Kongernes Jelling Museum. It was carved by Erik the Red Sandquist, a professional rune carver from Denmark who is a member of a re-enactment group
Brimir. This stone was made for the Royal…
Brimir. This stone was made for the Royal…
Modern runic graffiti on Ring of Brodgar stone
A modern inscription in runes amongst other engraved messages on a stone in the Ring of Brodgar neolithic monument, Orkney. Perhaps inspired by the Viking-Age twig-runes on another of the stones. No transcription.
Modern runic inscription on an animal skin
According to the uploader, this was found in an attic in Romania. It is clearly a modern inscription in a pseudo runic alphabet (Armanen runes). This script was developed by the German occultist Guido von List, whose bizarre interpretations of…
Modern runic inscription on an animal skin
This item is a transliteration, transcription and translation of World-Tree item 1347.
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1347
The animal skin is from Romania where there was a strong German minority until after WW2, and many of them were…
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1347
The animal skin is from Romania where there was a strong German minority until after WW2, and many of them were…
MOIRAI - Blood treasure, woven fates - Trailer
This is a short video to introduce MOIRAI's latest concert project on the Old Norse poetic Edda. More information can be found here: http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en
Moirai Ensemble (website)
The website of Moirai, an ensemble founded in Reykjavik in 2015, which specializes in the music of the Early and High Middle Ages, and "focuses on the female figures in the Edda songs. The story of the cursed Rhinegold is told mostly from the…
Mondes normands médiévaux
Le carnet MNM se veut une entrée vers les recherches qui intéressent les mondes normands médiévaux, entendu au sens large pour désigner d’une part l’espace occupé ou colonisé par les Scandinaves aux VIIIe-XIe siècle et de l’autre les…
Monty Python - Spam (featuring Vikings!)
The origin of SPAM.
A clip from Monty Python's Flying Circus involving spam-loving vikings with horned helmets!
A clip from Monty Python's Flying Circus involving spam-loving vikings with horned helmets!
Monument to Bishop Absalon at Højerup Kirke
A monument to the twelfth-century Danish Bishop (and Archbishop) Absalon, who played a key role in Danish territorial expansion and crusades against the Wends. The memorial features a viking-style ship. It is located in the grounds of Højerup Gamle…
Möttuls Saga, the Saga of the Mantle
Möttuls Saga is a translation of an Old French poem into Old Norse. This article provides an irreverant summary of the saga.
Mould from Hedeby
Soapstone mould has been found in trade emporium in Hedeby / Haithabu.
This mould has engraved on a front side Thor's hammer and on a back side cross or maybe cross-shape Thor's hammer.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby…
This mould has engraved on a front side Thor's hammer and on a back side cross or maybe cross-shape Thor's hammer.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby…
Moulds for metal-working from Ribe on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Moulds for the casting of various objects - from brooches to keys - found in Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Mounds at Gamla Uppsala
Burial Mounds at Gamla Uppsala
Mount for a Knife Scabbard from Borre
A mount for a knife scabbard from the Borre burial mound.
MS Sigyn
MS Sigyn was a Swedish ship that transported spent nuclear waste from Swedish nuclear power plants. She was named for Loki's wife, who held a bowl over his face to catch venom that was dripping onto it while he was chained up as punishment.
Muckle Viking T-Shirt from Shetland
Muckle (large) Viking T-Shirt from Shetland. The tourist industry draws heavily on the Viking heritage of the islands.
Multipurpose-ship 'Haithabu'
'Haithabu' ship is multipurpose-ship at Landesbetriebes für Küstenschutz, Nationalpark und Meeresschutz Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel.
It is named after trade emporium Hedeby / Haithabu, which was discovered near Schleswig.
Technical…
It is named after trade emporium Hedeby / Haithabu, which was discovered near Schleswig.
Technical…
Mural 'Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf' in Dublin City Hall
A mural in Dublin City Hall entitled 'Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf 1014 A.D' by James Ward and students of the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Completed in 1919.
Mural 'Irishmen oppose the Landing of the Viking Fleet' in Dublin City Hall
A mural in Dublin City Hall entitled 'Irishmen oppose the Landing of the Viking Fleet, 841 A.D' by James Ward and students of the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Completed in 1919